Popular comic actor Hafeez Oyetoro, known as Saka, has said he is still traumatised by the robbery attack on his apartment in Isheri, a community straddling Lagos and Ogun states, earlier in the week.
The PUNCH reports him as saying, “The robbers came around 2:50am, and they brought their equipment to cut the burglary proof in the house. They all carried sophisticated guns.
“They stole a laptop, phones and little money available in the house. However, they left us alive, and that is very important to me. The only thing affecting me now is the trauma. As a matter of fact, I don’t like to recall what happened because the more I do that, the more traumatised I feel.”
The comic actor also insisted that it is the people managing the nation’s affairs who are at fault, not the country itself. He said, “I know that Nigeria is a good place if it is led by good people, who have a conscience. If they create an enabling environment for citizens, people will enjoy their lives.
“It is the people that are managing our affairs that are dangerous, not Nigeria as a country.”
Oyetoro stated that the country’s high unemployment rate is one reason crime is on the rise.
He said, “People are hungry. There is poverty all over the place, and there are no jobs. Many artisans have abandoned their trade because business is dull. Hungry people will be angry. I believe that many of these crimes are a fallout of bad leadership the country is currently experiencing. I pray we get it right one day.”
Oyetoro also added that he would be leaving the neighbourhood where the robbery took place: “I am planning to leave that place because many people now know I live there, and that is not good for me as a public figure.”
The actor also stated that, due to the country’s security situation, his involvement in a movie project will depend on the information he receives from his management team.
